Boy · Germanic
Ramón
Say it: rah-MON
Meaning
From Germanic Raginmund: ragin 'counsel' and mund 'protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The form Raimundo was very common in northern Brazil in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 76,413 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 1,400 boys
- 313 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
SpanishCatalanMexicanCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbeanBrazilian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Raimundo
| Catalan | Ramon |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Raimundo |
| French | Raymond |
Famous bearers
- Ramon Llull, Majorcan philosopher
- Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Parish baptism registers
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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